Comments on: Backing Up Blurays with AVCHDCoder

By: Twan Wintjes

Twan Wintjes — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:38:27 +0000

I get some more reports lately about this problem. I only switched to a newer x264 and suddenly some outputs are slightly to big. Too bad nobody is actively helping me in tracking down the real problem. So please contact me on my email and please give me the following information:

Copy of the log (Just add the movie to the queue again with EXACTLY the same settings and then copy the log) and how many MB’s the iso is too big.

By: Taurus

Taurus — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:30:59 +0000

I wanted to made a DVD-R DL, chose all the right options and even selected a menu. Unfortunataly the result was to big to fit on a DVD-R DL and ImgBurn came up with an error. Now, what to do? I thought like in BDRB the size fits automatically on a disc if you choose the DVD-R DL option. Is that something you have to expect?

By: Adub

Adub — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:23:39 +0000

The compression quality is the same, byte for byte. AVCHD is a standard that is used when dealing with DVD-5/9s as your output, while “Blu-ray” was for Blu-ray disks.

In all honesty, AVCHD is just a substandard of Blu-ray, with an outlook towards smaller media (it has a limit on a few things, like audio tracks and subtitles, etc).

Both use the same compressor, however, so the quality will be the same. However, remember that you can only use AVCHD for DVD-5/9s and Blu-ray for Blu-ray disks. Some set-top boxes may be confused if your try and put a Blu-ray structure on a DVD-5 disk for example.

By: Alphamale1956

Alphamale1956 — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:30:43 +0000

Q: Which format has the higher compression? Blu-ray or AVCHD? Which will allow a higher bit-rate for the same size of content? I ask because I have a BD burner (capable of playing AVCHD) and was wondering would I get a better picture with AVCHD or with Blu-ray. You may not be able to tell the differnce visually, but if AVCHD allows more compression, then I might be able to include a better audio track. Does this make sense? See, I have a true 7.1 audio set up and if I can elect to have the uncompressed version (PCM) of BD discs that have true 7.1 channel audio ( I know there’s not many currently but that will change with time), I’d prefer to select that rather than AC-3 5.1 channel sound.

By: Adub

Adub — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:45:13 +0000

No, it does not keep the menu's. If you want to keep the menu structure, use BD Rebuilder in Full Backup mode.Or you can try multiAVCHD's re-author feature.

By: Micro9mm

Micro9mm — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:13:23 +0000

Does this method give rebuild the whole disk, ie does it keep the menus? Or is the resulting disk movie only?

By: Adub

Adub — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:34:01 +0000

Hmm… first, make sure you have the latest version of AVCHDCoder (10.02.01).

Next, what is the exact error? You say it “failed to extract the data” but I’m not entirely clear what that means. Do you have a log file or screenshot?

By: tytyho12

tytyho12 — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:16:52 +0000

Hit my first snag with AVCHDcoder. I ripped the blu ray using AnyDVD as usual then used the BDMV file for AVCHcoder but it failed to extract the data this time. Any thoughts?

By: Craig Hudson

Craig Hudson — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:46:09 +0000

In order to use AVCHDCoder, must you rip the blu-ray movie using AnyDVD HD, before beginning.

By: tytyho12

tytyho12 — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:07:16 +0000

@ Bestcoder, being a user like yourself I’d have to say that AVCHCODER is a great program. I had my issues with it initially but after configuring everything appropriately it’s been awesome.